New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-07
OrIET ALONG THE RIVERS.
FEW SIGNS or THE STRIKE TO BE SEEN.

sr.r1oNARY ENGINEERS MAY STOP WORK lo-DAi
ACTION BY THE PRINTERS.
I,s hard 70 say lust what the leaders OF the bs strke
.ronosc doing next. A number of meetings were ncu
veserlay but they rule secret ana inc
were reticent Several local assemblies OF the Eoce"
Association Of Engineers held meetings yesterday
.uss the strike and it ia stated that probably oil the
sfationarv engineers ia that ASSOCIATION VIII oo
called out this morning, and "a NUMBER oi iacoo,o' VIZ
have 70 shut down and Office and apartment buildings ~
cold. . ~. 40 .
The regular meeting Of District Assembly NO. 40 ""'
held in the Fennimore Institute In CahasI yes
teraa- Reports to the progress OF the s'ihe W.
made and renewed confidence IN the officers oi 'no
trict VINO are managing 1t was Expressed. no 49,, NO
n,,c the strike more general was discussed p"' ho
action was taken -, ,,tors and af
aote trades held special meeting on SATURDAY hsn'
.,d nossel the following preambes and rcsolutloh
% V he contnnance strike Of coal handlers
snd sGoS s sEsn to brns r the strike
Wherees IL s the duty Of a. sSNS , IL eotas further
haTdshps the and untold loss to '-' corpOra0ns
& The Ss more ny s%y
the underlying causes OF the present depora0e
%sored Tha1 District No 81 urgently requests the
G sns Gsy o D%s sSoS 81 SPEEDY
present differences between the corIorauons en- en e
Ed MulFoRD. d. X. s. d. A. 64
An officer OF district said: This action must nor ne
construed be threat in any sense We VIII ho' s'iAo
Al the meeting the Central Labor Union in Clarendon
ent aud asked for assistance. committee OF ten was
appointed which drew up the following appeal auresseu
10 organized labor and the public III gehei"
Tbousands Of the hardest worked poorest paid in
the ranS of industry for weeks oeen ensagedin pace
have been marked by fraud corruption and oppression The
struggle TO enable ne men 10 @ m
Of wsge would enable them to exist For weeks & Iley
the most circumstances aud are still as
s,ns is in progress with such Ien On ons Interests at
stake would s untrue humanity u we 70 call upon
orgn1ed labor contribute fund which We have de-
on,rSaie at generously as possible SHOW our
and s"S mSnopoy that re people arc opposed
in it, unhoy tlemP to crush out soc % s ~, t sretry
q, lS the ceniTSi Labor Union at i45 East Eigh,hst
The Brewers Union has given $500 to the strikers and
hiyHHsriPHi'ni Il lSe filg Union No. HAS ''"' ''' ~ ~
The striking rongshoremen kept away from Wesst:
Yesterday and gave lie police who almost worn out
BY their vigil during the last few weeks an op4r
md dun as il was yesterday. At few of the piers Mt
tie work done in the morning TO get tne s.eSneI
all cases where appcati IN was made 10
Murray his consent to allow work to 20 Oh was op'ahed
In Secor1ance with the resolutions adoptedo on Saturday
the stevedores will begin this morning ana hlrc new en
ncrmenenfv 10 iii the places the strikers unless the
latter tit return This they Will probably noI do,
al least in holy but there many cases "h TIE neie
is great dissatisfaction with the direction III Wnsn
the strike tending and II is Thought that many OF e
oId hand. will ask lie taken back. There viii be any
way lever DELAYS of sailing and freight VIII be
moved faster Merchants have generally held BACK ther
unless IL necessary 10 gel luei
10 their destination shortly crush is expected at an
the freight pers On the East side more than suh"h!
ouet xisi ed Some done at the various piers
The usual Sunday quiet prevailed ut al the maiu points
of the strikes the NeW-Jersey side OF the rlVer Inc
only signs activity at The steamship piers whefe
the work of loading and unloading the vessels was being
Dlshed vigorously. The work day ana nlght IN
RELAYS and the companies will soon have made up or INC
time in the first days OF the 'ongshoreens STRIKE
Pen al hrakelnen
meeting yesterday afternoon in Union HAL III Washing
tou-st Int the proceedings were kept secret.
Socialists attended meeting ana concert IN
Kr,eIeis Hall at Ogdel-ave. and Frankiinst on the
II lights Several speakers addressed the meeting de
nonucins corporations dpholdng the strikers conueih
ing the PinkertOn detectives and advancing he hooIs
mar te Socialists have the aim and oiecis as tue
Knights of Labor Resolutions IN accord WITH the speecnes
adopted The proceeds oi me concert VIII W w"
Chief Murphy drove around during the day 10 'ne ,er u
fiinr ouiet Tie impression Is gaining ground that the
strikes will collapse during the present week.